Flu Shots For Elderly

PERSONAL HEALTH - Health Notebook

May 11, 1993

A new ruling under Medicare will allow elderly people to get free flu shots to protect them from dangerous pneumonia. Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Health Care Financing Administration, said the expanded coverage could mean that 15 million of Medicare's 36 million elderly and disabled participants will get a flu shot this year. Shalala also announced that Medicare also will cover the cost of therapeutic shoes for Medicare recipients suffering from severe diabetic foot disease.